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I am waxing philosophical and then falling silent

Journal Entry: Fri May 2, 2008, 8:21 PM
  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: Poe - Wild
It's so easy for us to condemn ourselves for our shortcomings, rather than to try and change, and it's easier still for us to condemn others for their shortcomings; be these failing real or wholly imagined. It's even fairly easy for us to grow wise enough to accept ourselves for who we are and for those failings which we cannot, due to our flawed humanity, correct. We would call those who are able to accept themselves in all their glorious imperfection people with healthy egos (although I imagine some religions might call such individuals arrogant). We would say that they are capable of self-love (get your minds out of the gutters, people.). It is, however, quite rare that we find ourselves willing to use that same wisdom in our treatment of others.

Nobody on this Earth is perfect, nobody ever has been, and nobody ever will be. We are all, on some level, animals and even the best of us, from time to time, will fall short of what is needed and let slip that darkness which we normally hide so well. This, for better or for worse, is what it means to be human. Whether our monstrousness keeps life from becoming boring or not, I cannot say, but I do know that it's there and I do know that we are all powerless before it at times.

I think we all need to take a step back from time to time and realize this, not only in our judgment of our selves but in our judgments of others. I'm not suggesting the use of any "turn the other cheek" bullshit only that we exercise greater caution and wisdom in our judgments of ourselves and of others.

I don't think true love lies in finding people who are perfect for us because such people do not exist except in the realm of the imagination. I think true love is about learning to accept people for who they are and the imperfections they are unable to change.

We are all monsters, and I think in order to embrace our humanity and feel love for anyone we must first learn to accept our inhumanity.

-Kodos out, for good.

ADDENDUM: For those of you who cared about my endeavors here and actually took some interest in my creative writing (all 2 of you) I figure I'll just let you know that while this DA is dead and whatnot, my ambitions remain unchanged and I am still endeavoring to get something done. If you happened to want to contact me for anything, feel free to. I'm an approachable recluse. Tyrant343 is the aim name, in case you're lazy.

-Kodos out, [insert witty thing here

Addendum: A bit of wisdom for you all. Something I'd come to realise on my own, for sure, but also something I found was best articulated by the writer of the webcomic sexy losers.

People never change*. We get worse in our perversions and quirks or we mellow and/or become apathetic, but people never change.
*One in a million, maybe, may change, but most of us never do.

Just something related for you to ponder.

Addendum PS: I don't think I ever mentioned this in the past, but for what it's worth I did try re-activating my gallery for you all but that was after the latest DA update rounds and shit and for whatever reason when I tried to reactivate my gallery it told me I had nothing there to reactivate. If anyone cares enough and knows how I can rectify this without going through the trouble of re-uploading everything (something I won't do unless I felt I would have new art coming in. I'm only willing to waste so much effort on what is essentially a mausoleum). If anyone has advice, feel free to contact me by AIM, email, PM, carrier pigeon, or whatever means of communication gets your rocks off. If you want to just vomit words at me feel free to do that too.

-Kodos out [Evidently I cannot quit you, DA.]

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  • Favourite movie: Duck Soup, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Forbidden Planet Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Alien, A
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  • Favourite game: Marathon Trilogy, Silent Hill 2, Fumito Ueda's works, Thief Trilogy, Final Fantasy 6 and 7
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  • Favourite cartoon character: Daggett Beaver, Norbert Beaver, Stump, Zim, Almighty Tallest Red, Batou, Motoko Kusanagi
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~Kodos:iconKodos: Oct 20, 2007, 7:28:04 AMComment hidden by Owner
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~Kodos:iconKodos: Sep 20, 2007, 1:51:40 PM Mood: Joy
No problem!

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~hadesMacabre:iconhadesMacabre: Sep 19, 2007, 10:33:56 AM
Thanks for the Fav :)

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=Centauran:iconCentauran: Aug 21, 2007, 6:06:31 PM
Goody - more vegimals! In my capacity as Underkeeper, you have to let me know if your vegimal will require special housing and feeding. You and Heartrate have a week to get cracking if you want to win my novels!

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=Centauran:iconCentauran: Aug 21, 2007, 6:03:43 PM
He's dated, of course, like all of them, but I don't care. Of all his books (so prolific!) I think his best is actually 'Glory Road'. Come to think of it, I suppose my own 'Swayer of Sankara' is a bit in that vein, too! I've written 8, by the way, though my ninth is taking a bit of back seat while I handle 'Calumpset' (my ever-changing deviation). My favourite SF author is actually Hal Clement - if you haven't read his books, then you absolutely must. Needle, Mission of Gravity, Cycle of Fire are amazing.

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Read the previews of my 8 fantasy/adventure novels on my website [link]

Visit Calumpset, dA's first living deviation.

Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus.
~Kodos:iconKodos: Aug 21, 2007, 7:50:34 AM Mood: Wow!
Hm... contest. Great idea! I might have to talk to HR about it! :iconawesomeplz:

Addendum:
I love that icon so much. :awesome:ftw

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"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."
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~Kodos:iconKodos: Aug 21, 2007, 7:49:50 AM
I never actually got around to reading Heinlein, much to my regret. I know he's considered one of the greats, and I've heard only praise, but every time I mean to buy something by him I end up getting sidetracked and end up reading something else. I sort of really want to read Starship Troopers to see if it's as fascistic as it's critics say.

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"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."
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=Centauran:iconCentauran: Aug 21, 2007, 6:44:25 AM
Oh yes - I forgot - Asimov, agreed, but how could you leave off Robert Heinlein?

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Read the previews of my 8 fantasy/adventure novels on my website [link]

Visit Calumpset, dA's first living deviation.

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=Centauran:iconCentauran: Aug 21, 2007, 6:42:33 AM
Hello, sad panda - thank you for your visit - I hoped you liked Calumpset and the Vegimals.
I too suffered from a paucity of pageviews, so I decided to hold a contest. I sent notes to all my friends inviting them to enter, and ~Vegimal-Corner is one result.
Perhaps you could choose one or three of your characters, and hold a contest for the best set of outfits.

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Read the previews of my 8 fantasy/adventure novels on my website [link]

Visit Calumpset, dA's first living deviation.

Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus.
*LeniuXenobia:iconLeniuXenobia: Aug 14, 2007, 4:33:23 PM
LoL! That will be pretty cool!

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~Kodos:iconKodos: Aug 14, 2007, 4:32:32 PM
Supposedly we will get some flashbacks to the first war, and get to see some clunky old-style Toasters being badass. That alone seems worth it to me. :D

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~Kodos:iconKodos: Aug 12, 2007, 10:29:50 AM
Thanks! :Awesome:

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~Zero-Ambience:iconZero-Ambience: Aug 11, 2007, 9:24:28 PM Mood: Wow!
Sweet art! I wish I could draw humans like you!

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*LeniuXenobia:iconLeniuXenobia: Aug 11, 2007, 6:57:10 PM
Indeed! But I never was big on spin-offs so I'm not sure if I'll like it or not =(

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~Kodos:iconKodos: Aug 11, 2007, 6:47:56 PM
Thanks! But there is Razor this November! So we will get a bit of BSG fix.

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*LeniuXenobia:iconLeniuXenobia: Aug 11, 2007, 3:01:57 PM
Random Deviant dropping by! Hi there ^^ Nice gallery and icon! Sucks that Battlestar Galactica doesn't come back till 2008 :-(

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~rikulee:iconrikulee: Jul 27, 2007, 8:29:29 PM
no problem luff!<3

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~Kodos:iconKodos: Jul 27, 2007, 5:33:42 PM
Thanks! :iconawesomeplz:

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~rikulee:iconrikulee: Jul 27, 2007, 1:56:38 PM
kodos! it's riku/rock lee from sai-ga.i luff your work! <3

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~Kodos:iconKodos: Jul 27, 2007, 2:54:30 AM
:iconawesomeplz:

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~Kodos:iconKodos: Jul 26, 2007, 10:10:58 PM
In my house or yours?

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